Job 10 · Verse 1

Job 10:1

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 10:1, King James Version

Job 10:1 in other translations

BSB“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
WEB“My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
ASVMy soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
YLTMy soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.
DARBYMy soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
BBEMy soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.
WebsterMy soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

What does Job 10:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Job 10:1-22. Job's Reply to Bildad Continued.

1. leave my complaint upon myself--rather, "I will give loose to my complaint" (Job 7:11).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

Job is weary of life, and expostulates with God, Job 10:1-6. He appeals to God for his innocence; and pleads on the weakness of his frame, and the manner of his formation, Job 10:7-13. Complains of his sufferings, and prays for respite, Job 10:14-20. Describes the state of the dead, Job 10:21, Job 10:22. Verse 1 My soul is weary of my life - Here is a proof that נפש nephesh does not signify the animal life, but the soul or immortal mind, as distinguished from חי chai, that animal life; and is a strong proof that Job believed in the distinction between these two principles; was no materialist; but, on the contrary, credited the proper immortality of the soul. This is worthy of observation. See Job 12:10. I will leave my complaint - I still charge myself with the cause of my own calamities; and shall not charge my Maker foolishly: but I must deplore my wretched and forlorn state.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 10:1-7
Job, being weary of his life, resolves to complain, but he will not charge God with unrighteousness. Here is a prayer that he might be delivered from the sting of his afflictions, which is sin. When God afflicts us, he contends with us; when he contends with us, there is always a reason; and it is desirable to know the reason, that we may repent of and forsake the sin for which God has a controversy with us. But when, like Job, we speak in the bitterness of our souls, we increase guilt and vexation. Let us harbour no hard thoughts of God; we shall hereafter see there was no cause for them. Job is sure that God does not discover things, nor judge of them, as men do; therefore he thinks it strange that God continues him under affliction, as if he must take time to inquire into his sin.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 10:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

נָֽקְטָ֥הna.ke.Tahit loathesH5354
נַפְשִׁ֗יnaf.Shiself myH5315
בְּחַ֫יָּ֥יbe.Chai.Yai<in> life myH2416
אֶֽעֶזְבָ֣ה'e.'ez.VahI will let looseH5800
עָלַ֣י'a.Laion myselfH5921
שִׂיחִ֑יsi.Chicomplaint myH7879
אֲ֝דַבְּרָה֗'a.da.be.rahI will speakH1696
בְּמַ֣רbe.Marin [the] bitterness ofH4751
נַפְשִֽׁי\׃naf.Shibeing myH5315

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Cross references for Job 10:1

  • Job 7:11

    Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • 1 Kings 19:4

    But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

  • Numbers 11:15

    And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

  • Jonah 4:8

    And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

  • Job 9:21

    Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

  • Job 5:15-16

    But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

  • Job 5:20

    In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

  • Job 6:8-9

    Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

  • Job 16:6-16

    Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased? But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company. And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. …

  • Job 3:20-23

    Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

  • Job 6:26

    Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

  • Psalms 32:3-5

    When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Job, taking liberty of complaint, expostulates with God about his afflictions.
18 He complains of life, and craves a little ease before death.

My soul.
3:20-23; 6:8,9; 5:15,16,20; 9:21; 14:13; Nu 11:15; 1Ki 19:4
Jon 4:3,8
is weary of my life. or, cut off while I live. I willleave.
7:11; 19:4; 21:2-4
I will speak.
15,16; 6:2-4,26; 7:11; 16:6-16; Ps 32:3-5; Isa 38:15,17

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Context

  • Job 10:1

    My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 10:2

    I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

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Job 10:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		ESTÁ mi alma aburrida de mi vida: daré yo suelta á mi queja sobre mí, hablaré con amargura de mi alma.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mon âme est dégoûtée de ma vie; je laisserai libre cours à ma plainte, je parlerai dans l’amertume de mon âme,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Meine Seele ist meines Lebens überdrüssig; ich will meiner Klage in mir freien Lauf lassen, will reden in der Bitterkeit meiner Seele.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tædet animam meam vitæ meæ; dimittam adversum me eloquium meum: loquar in amaritudine animæ meæ.